Cree Narrative : Expressing the Personal Meaning of Events.

Based primarily on the oral accounts of John Blackned, Cree Narrative offers a detailed account of traditional Cree society. The result is an integrated picture of Cree thought, feelings, and beliefs relating to living on and with the land. For this expanded reissue of his pioneering work in cogniti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Preston, Richard J., 1931- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : Toronto : McGill-Queen's University Press, Gibson Publishing Connections [distributor] Jan. 2002 ;
Colección:Carleton library series.
Temas:
Cree philosophy.
Oral tradition > North America.
Philosophie crie.
Tradition orale > Amérique du Nord.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies.
Cree philosophy
Oral tradition
North America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction to the Second Edition
  • An Introduction to Waskaganish in the 1960s
  • Introducing John Blackned
  • One Year from John's Youth: An Introduction to John's Memory
  • The Setting
  • An Ethnography of Personal Meanings
  • Conjuring
  • The Mistabeo Concept
  • Narration as a Vehicle for the Expression of Attitudes
  • Songs as an Expression of Personal Symbolisms in the Use of Culture Patterns
  • On the Relationships between Human Persons and Food-Animal Persons
  • Hunting and Deprivation in a Contingent World
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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